Margarites giganteus
| Margarites giganteus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Margaritidae |
| Genus: | Margarites |
| Species: | M. giganteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Margarites giganteus (Leche, 1878)
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Margarites giganteus, common name the giant margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Margaritidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell attains 6 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Novaya Zemlya, Russia.
References
[edit]- ^ Margarites giganteus (Leche, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- W. Leche (1878), öfversikt öfver de af Svenska Exp. till N. Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 insamlade hafsmoll; Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. Bd, 1878
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